In this special edition of Off the Record, Frank Dorritie pays tribute to “the jewel in the crown of all national titles” – the CYO Championships – with recordings between 1964 and 1984. Enjoy! Includes selections from this Fleetwood album: Click on the player below to listen
Rows of sleeping bags and air mattresses covered the gym floor at Kelly Middle School. Towels neatly hung off of bleacher rails and basketball hoops. “We don’t even think of them as gym floors anymore,” Alex Swindle, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., said. “They’re hotels to us.” Read the rest of the article here.
Jubal Drum & Bugle Corps continues to lead the Premier Class of the Drum Corps Netherlands competition. However, its lead on the competition has reduced. Five corps were present in the Premier Class in Huizen last Saturday. Jubal scored 69.30 points, a 3.6 point increase compared to the contest in Arnemuiden one month ago. Juliana […]
The Jackson Liberty High School Band Parents Association wants the community to come out and see some of the best drum and bugle corps in the world at a Drum Corps International show being held at the high school on Wednesday, July 6 at 7:30 p.m. Read the rest of the article here.
Weekly salary from July 18th until August 13th. Please contact jamesvnewman [at] hotmail [dot] com for all questions about this amazing opportunity to work with Florida’s World Class Drum Corps. Read the rest of the article here.
The Cavaliers, Cadets and Madison Scouts all notched wins over the weekend. Dan Potter recaps the action and finds out what the drum majors of tomorrow think of the drum majors of Marching Music’s Major League in today’s Field Pass presented by Zildjian. Have a Field Pass question, comment or request? Leave a message for […]
Two 2010 Bassett High School graduates will march their way into Indianapolis this summer. Cole Edwards was asked to play tenor drum with the Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps, which is a World Class unit in Drum Corps International (DCI). Adam Singer will play trumpet with the Cadets, also a World Class corps in […]
Sunday was as clear as any summer day, but it certainly thundered at University of the Pacific. Professional drum and bugle corps from throughout the nation took center stage at Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium, treating Stockton to an evening of synchronized marching, drum and trumpet playing, baton twirling and flag swirling. Read the rest […]
Beginning next year, Knoxville musicians between the ages of 13 and 22 will have a new way to spend the summer: an ambitious tour throughout the United States. By 2012, Odyssey Drum and Bugle Corps should be ready for a summer of touring in an effort to provide youth with a hands-on music education outlet. […]
Most students within the Northview High School Marching Knights program are preparing for the upcoming season this summer. But some have taken it to another level. Read the rest of the article here.
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